Valentina's P.O.V
The final countdown to my birthday has begun, starting today. Twenty-four hours till I turn sixteen which means one thousand four hundred and forty minutes till I shift meaning eighty-six thousand four hundred seconds till I will be able to find my mate.
What's a birthday party without the perfect outfit? Yes, nothing. After nearly flipping my whole room upside down in search for the perfect outfit and still not being able to find it, my older brother's mates were so kind as to agree to help me out with shopping for clothes, getting my hair done, manicures and pedicures, makeup and all that stuff and also give me tips on all the important stuff when I meet my mate.
We are currently at the mall, which was probably the most happening place in our little town. There were many brands there and so we were shopping for clothes, a party dress to be exact.
After seven shops and almost twenty dresses, I still had not found the perfect dress. Nothing really seemed to catch my eye. We had queued up at many different stores' fitting rooms just so I could try on different dresses but still, no perfect dress, the my utter disappointment. There were many very pretty ones but they were just, not me.
After revisiting all the shops that we had previously gone to and looking through all the dresses they had, I felt like giving up. I sat down on the bench, quite tired after walking around. Was my idea of the perfect outfit really that unrealistic?
"It's okay Valentina. You'll find your perfect dress soon. I can feel it in my bones." Valerie reassured me.
"Is my idea of the perfect dress really that unrealistic that all these shops that we went to did not even meet up to my standard?" I sighed.
"No idea of a perfect dress is too unrealistic. You'll find it soon. We promise. Now let's go. Your dress is waiting for you somewhere." Savannah said and motioned for me to stand up.
We walked around the whole mall, again. We started at the first level where the shops started and went around. When we reached the third level, I needed to use the bathroom urgently so I rushed to the corner where the bathroom was. When I came out, I realised that there was actually a dress shop located right next to the bathroom. It was rather hidden, unlike the other shops, which faced outside.
We haven't gone into this particular dress shop so I hurried over to the other three girls and asked them to come over. We went in and ended up being the only people there. The dresses sold there were beautiful and the prices were reasonable. Quite cheap even.
I looked through all the dresses and I was spoilt for choice. This shop had the dresses, which actually met my somewhat unrealistic expectations of dresses.
After searching and searching, I finally found it. The dress. It was perfect. It was a strapless shimmery lilac dress, which was absolutely gorgeous. I was so excited about it I quickly found my size, which happened to be the last piece, and went over to the dressing rooms to try it on.
I slipped it on and zipped it up before looking at myself in the mirror. It ended mid thigh and hugged my curves in all the right places. It was the dress.
"Valentina! Come out and show us." Elise called me from outside the dressing room.
I admired myself and how I looked before finally opening the door to show my three sisters in laws to be how I looked in the dress.
Their jaws dropped once they saw me and I was worried that maybe it did not look as good as I thought it did. After all your brain makes you see yourself as five times more beautiful than you really are.
"Oh no, does it look horrible?" I asked, worried.
"No, you look absolutely gorgeous Valentina! It's amazing." Valerie walked over and put her hand on my shoulders and looked down at the dress I had on.
"You look really very good, Valentina. It looks perfect on you. This is the one. Get it, please." Savannah said and nodded her head as if agreeing with herself.
"Your mate will not be able to keep his hands to himself. You look brilliant." Elise said and winked at me.
"For a moment I thought it looked so bad that you guys' jaw just dropped at how horrible it looked." I laughed to myself. I was relieved.
(Valentina's dress:
http://www.promdressau.com/upfile/Prom%20Dresses/2013%20Prom%20Dresses/Mini%20Length%20Taffeta%20Lilac%20Strapless%20Prom%20Outfits%202013.jpg)
I went back into the dressing room and took the dress off, changing back into my clothes and walked out with the dress. I brought it to the counter. The lady at the counter told me the price and I was going to take out my money but Valerie stopped me.
"We'll pay for it. A present from the three of us." She said and pulled out her credit card, handing it to the counter girl.
The girl put it into a bag and handed it to me after passing the credit card back to Valerie.
"Thank you thank you thank you thank you!" I hugged the three of them once we walked out of the store.
"No problem, Valentina." Valerie said as I hugged the three of them.
"I love you guys so much. I'm so glad you guys are going to marry my brothers some day." I squeezed them before letting go.
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"Valentina, are you excited about your sixteenth birthday? I mean you're going to meet your mate!" Valerie squealed.
We were currently at Starbucks, just chilling and drinking our drinks, talking about anything under the sun.
"I am so excited but I am also worried that my mate won't be the mate that I always pictured he would be. What if he rejects me?" I asked.
"Don't worry, Valentina, he'll be your prince charming. And you two would live happily ever after," Elise said.
"What if my brothers don't approve of him? You guys know how annoyingly protective they are. They would never let me see him if they do not approve. What would I do?" I asked.
"We'll make sure they approve of him. Don't worry!" Savannah said.
I have no idea who my mate is, but I really hoped he was a guy worth all my love and time.
" Valentina, come on! We need to get shoes for you." Valerie said excitedly once we were done with our drinks.
Everyone knew how much Valerie loved shoes so she almost literally dragged me to a shoe store with Elisa and Savannah following behind. When we got into the shoe store, which Valerie apparently always came to buy shoes, they forced me to sit down while they grabbed pairs of shoes.
"Oh, that's going to go so well with your dress!"
"No this one is better!"
"No this one!"
"Nope, this one is the best! You have to get this Valentina!"
"Valentina, pick this one."
"Nah, this ones the best!"
They argued on which pair of shoes was the best.
That's when the pair of shoes caught my eyes. They were still arguing so they didn't notice that I got up from the seat and walked to the shoe rack. I picked up the pair and examined it. It was perfect.
" This is the pair." I said and they stopped arguing and looked at me.
" Why didn't I see that? It's perfect!" Valerie said.
" Yeah! It's perfect!" Elise said.
" Okay, Valentina, you're ready for your party!" Savannah squealed and brought it over to the counter, paying for it and telling me it was another present from the three of them. I was really lucky to have them as sister in laws to be.
Now it was seven at night when we got into the car and we took about half an hour to get home. Despite living in a relatively small town, the mall was still far away from where we live.
When we got back home, they dropped me off at my front door. I hugged them goodbye before they left and I went into my home and went straight to my room. I got into the shower and had a long shower before blow drying my hair and changing.
I got into bed and slowly drifted off to sleep with the thought "I'm sixteen tomorrow" in my mind.
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